Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:27:02 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shouldn't GNU tar be ignoring /proc with --one-file-system? Message-ID: <4EC69566.5060501@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <CAHu1Y728ykP7Bs1Z7_G2x1Rgd8EF_vWku0wrGaGv3J9i8nn67A@mail.gmail.com> References: <99414592-7FC7-4F24-8FEA-6F2F7B03551A@strauser.com> <6de19086dd1301d00679b0e51ca10a5b.squirrel@www.magehandbook.com> <CAHu1Y728ykP7Bs1Z7_G2x1Rgd8EF_vWku0wrGaGv3J9i8nn67A@mail.gmail.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigEF6989F2670C4EAC106E5811 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 18/11/2011 17:18, Michael Sierchio wrote: > On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Daniel Staal <DStaal@usa.net> wrote: >=20 >> > /proc is a file on /. /proc/* are files on /proc. The former is st= ill on >> > the root filesystem (if only as a directory stub to be used as a >> > mountpoint), so reading it isn't leaving that filesystem. Reading >> > anything *in* it would be. >> > >> > Just a thought. > And a good one. Yes, that's it. It isn't crossing the mount point, > but the mount point is part of the root filesystem. I find it quite astonishing that /proc would deliberately behave differently to *every other* filesystem available. The mountpoint should belong to the filesystem mounted on it. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate JID: matthew@infracaninophile.co.uk Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enigEF6989F2670C4EAC106E5811 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.16 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk7GlXAACgkQ8Mjk52CukIzNrACfWc9HbQnQkIlBe6quIouWDf03 pUYAnj3G7TyCfif1KpJaH6ePodOQiikM =bTH6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigEF6989F2670C4EAC106E5811--
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